I have been flying R/C since 1972. I have hundreds of crashes under my belt and try to learn from each one. As a result I feel very comfortable in most situations. It never fails to amaze me when I make what appears to be a stupid landing; land short, bounce a lot, hit the ground too hard, stall, etc. After many years of this I realized where the problem is. The average depth-of-field for humans is 17 feet. Yes, just 17 feet. What this means is this: You never know where the plane is relative to a point on the ground unless it is within 17 feet of you. I therefor make that "point on the ground" to be roughly directly in front of me. I also only land left to right or right to left, depending on the wind. Only if there is a sever cross wind will I angle the plane slightly. During this last condition I will abort a lot if things look wrong. Angling the plane into the wind has caused me many crashes because the change in orientation robs me of the ability to judge the air speed/ground speed. I feel I'm safer fighting the cross wind and landing my NORMAL way. Works for me. Anyone else understand the significance of depth-of-field. Comments?